Mettingen

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Mettingen
Municipality
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Location of Mettingen within Steinfurt district
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Mettingen
Coordinates: 52°19′0″N7°46′50″E / 52.31667°N 7.78056°E / 52.31667; 7.78056
Country Germany
State North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region Münster
District Steinfurt
Government
 •  Mayor (2020–25) Christina Rählmann [1] (SPD)
Area
 • Total40 km2 (20 sq mi)
Elevation
74 m (243 ft)
Population
 (2023-12-31) [2]
 • Total12,041
 • Density300/km2 (780/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
49497
Dialling codes 05452
Vehicle registration ST
Website www.mettingen.de

Mettingen is a municipality in the district of Steinfurt, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

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Geography

Mettingen is situated approximately 25 km east of Rheine and 20 km west of Osnabrück.

Neighbouring places

Neighbour villages of Mettingen are Recke in the west, Neuenkirchen, (Lower Saxony) in the north, Ibbenbüren in the south and Westerkappeln in the east.

Economy

The production site of the frozen cakes manufacturer Coppenrath & Wiese is based in Mettingen. Until 2018 Mettingen had one of the last two active coal mines in Germany.

People from Mettingen

Honorary citizens

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References

  1. ↑ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 30 June 2021.
  2. ↑ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2023 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW . Retrieved 2024-06-20.


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